NBA Finals: Superteams Warriors vs. Cavs for 3rd year in a row, yay
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NBA Finals: Superteams Warriors vs. Cavs for 3rd year in a row, yay
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05-27-2017, 04:03 PM
A superteam (players colluding to take lower than market rate pay to combine forces) has been in the NBA Finals for the past seven years now. Seven years of lopsided player collusion to turn the NBA into a competitive farce. Three years in a row of the same two superteams. There is no point in watching the NBA when only two teams really stand a chance.
05-27-2017, 04:18 PM
Acer wrote: Cavs are not markedly better than they were last year. Warriors would have won if Draymond had not nut shotted someone with his "natural" flailing motion. Warriors added a top 3 player. This series will go 6 games at most with Warriors on top.
05-27-2017, 04:40 PM
pRICE cUBE wrote: Not arguing the point, but not unlike Lakers vs. Celtics in the 70's and 80's.
05-28-2017, 01:52 AM
Will Collier wrote: Not arguing the point, but not unlike Lakers vs. Celtics in the 70's and 80's. Lakers vs. Celtics was due to competitive imbalance of not having a salary cap and broader free agency. There is no way to prevent the imbalance of super teams. The high end players that jump to superteams typically make more money on endorsements than they do their NBA contract. Makes the NBA season completely meaningless.
05-28-2017, 11:42 PM
pRICE cUBE wrote: Not arguing the point, but not unlike Lakers vs. Celtics in the 70's and 80's. Lakers vs. Celtics was due to competitive imbalance of not having a salary cap and broader free agency. There is no way to prevent the imbalance of super teams. The high end players that jump to superteams typically make more money on endorsements than they do their NBA contract. Makes the NBA season completely meaningless. I disagree regarding the development of the Super Team that is the Warriors. That is a home-grown team built primarily via the draft and a few trade/free-agent pickups. The only blatant good fortune they've gotten is Durant, who they really don't need to rout the Cavs in my opinion. They never even pursued Durant. He just fell into their laps after he choked against them and they went on to choke against the Cavs. Oh. Despite all of that, I wish the Cavs would defeat them sinceI have to live in the middle of all that Warrior love.
05-29-2017, 01:13 AM
vision63 wrote: Not arguing the point, but not unlike Lakers vs. Celtics in the 70's and 80's. Lakers vs. Celtics was due to competitive imbalance of not having a salary cap and broader free agency. There is no way to prevent the imbalance of super teams. The high end players that jump to superteams typically make more money on endorsements than they do their NBA contract. Makes the NBA season completely meaningless. I disagree regarding the development of the Super Team that is the Warriors. That is a home-grown team built primarily via the draft and a few trade/free-agent pickups. The only blatant good fortune they've gotten is Durant, who they really don't need to rout the Cavs in my opinion. They never even pursued Durant. He just fell into their laps after he choked against them and they went on to choke against the Cavs. Oh. Despite all of that, I wish the Cavs would defeat them sinceI have to live in the middle of all that Warrior love. I understand that the Warriors were constructed through good management but they joined the ranks of super teams because Durant could have made far more elsewhere. If he was asking his full rate, Warriors would not be able to afford him. So while not as blatant as the Heat or Cavs, they still benefit from the non-market rate team up.
05-29-2017, 02:47 AM
pRICE cUBE wrote: Not arguing the point, but not unlike Lakers vs. Celtics in the 70's and 80's. Lakers vs. Celtics was due to competitive imbalance of not having a salary cap and broader free agency. There is no way to prevent the imbalance of super teams. The high end players that jump to superteams typically make more money on endorsements than they do their NBA contract. Makes the NBA season completely meaningless. I disagree regarding the development of the Super Team that is the Warriors. That is a home-grown team built primarily via the draft and a few trade/free-agent pickups. The only blatant good fortune they've gotten is Durant, who they really don't need to rout the Cavs in my opinion. They never even pursued Durant. He just fell into their laps after he choked against them and they went on to choke against the Cavs. Oh. Despite all of that, I wish the Cavs would defeat them sinceI have to live in the middle of all that Warrior love. I understand that the Warriors were constructed through good management but they joined the ranks of super teams because Durant could have made far more elsewhere. If he was asking his full rate, Warriors would not be able to afford him. So while not as blatant as the Heat or Cavs, they still benefit from the non-market rate team up. That's true, but the only reason I give them somewhat of a pass is that they never pursued him. Now, once he declared he was interested, they arranged a gathering to woo him. But what team wouldn't want Durant if he said he was interested. |
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